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A Bat Rescue Organization Posted These 40 Pics Of Bats Being Cute To Show How Harmless They Actually Are
Bats Qld (Flying Foxes & Microbats) Inc. is doing God's work. The volunteer-run, not-for-profit organization rescues, rehabilitates, and releases Flying Foxes and Microbats across South East Queensland (Gold Coast to Brisbane area), Australia. It also educates the young and old on the importance of Flying Foxes in our ecosystem along with dispelling the myths that have always surrounded these adorable animals.
And that's not all they do. Luckily for the Internet, Bats Qld share photos and videos of their 'patients' to show just how cute bats really are. From baby bats in blankets to munching on their favorite snacks, continue scrolling to check out the daily life of these little critters that look like charming sky puppies.
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These fluffy cute bats aren't just pretty; they are important to our ecosystems. "Bats have meaningful roles in pollination and seed dispersal," a spokesperson for Bats Qld told Bored Panda. "For example, the eucalyptus forest that the koalas rely on are pollinated by the flying foxes." Also, these night flyers contribute to controlling insect populations.
Sadly, we often seem to forget these good deeds. "Humans are a threat to bats. Barbed wire, fruit netting, domestic pets and car strikes are the most common reason they need help. The bigger picture would also include deforestation and habitat loss."
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Baby Bat In Blanket
Andres Tejeda 4 years ago
Its so cute. Its like well hello there I am just your friendly neighborhood baby fruit bat.
The negative myths surrounding these creatures don't do them any good too. For instance, we often hear that bats are dirty, but Bats Qld immediately reject this notion: "Nope, bats are very clean animals and clean themselves all the time."
Another misconception is that bats swoop people. "Nope again. Bats cannot fly like a bird, but instead must drop before they can fly up, much like a paraglider. This is often mistaken for swooping."
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Fluffy Cute Bat
You can also hear people say that bats have lots of diseases. "False, bats in Australia only carry one disease that poses a risk to people directly from the animal which is Australian Bat Lyssa Virus. This is found in less than 0.01% of the bat population." Besides, there also is a fully effective post-exposure vaccine.
Interestingly, flying foxes have similar eyesight to ours, and although microbats don't have the best vision, they can see as well.
The bottom line is that bats are doing their part in keeping the environment in check, and they deserve respect for their contribution. But for now, keep on scrolling for more of these painfully adorable bat photos!
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Cheeky Bat
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Tiny Baby Bat
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Fluffy Bat
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Baby Bat In Blanket
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Adorable Bat
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Hi There!
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Cute Baby Bat
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Wide-Eyed Baby
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Spikey Paws
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Yawning Baby Bat
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Puppy Eyes
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Adorable Bat In A Blanket
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Baby Bat's Portrait
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Just Hanging There
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Cute Fluffy Bat
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Adorable Puppy Eyes
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Feeding A Baby Bat
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Wanna Share A Mango?
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Cozy Nap
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Tiny Baby Bat
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The View's Better From The Upside Down!
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Adorable Bat
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Baby Bat In Blanket
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Too Cozy
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Bat Burrito
Kat Rogers 4 years ago
A FAVE COLOR COMBO~ LOOKS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL WITH A LIL BLACK BAT ROLLED UP IN IT!
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Probably A Monday Morning For This One
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Feeding A Tiny Bat Baby
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Delicious Snackies
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What do you think ?
Piet Zwanenburg 4 years ago
Worked as a zookeeper back in the 80's. In the building where the nocturnal animals were housed, there was one single bat, sort of last survivor of a bigger group we used to have. Don't know the exact bat sort anymore, but this guy or girl was pretty big, like a 6 month old kitten big. He recognized us in our work clothing, would fly over and landed on your arm, just to cuddle and see if we had something to eat. Cute as hell, but a lot of visitors where scared to death when they felt him flying over their head to get to us. Real friendly animal.
Eunice Probert 4 years ago
Bats are lovely. We've got pipistrelles in our roof. Probably not a good idea to touch them though. In the UK only licensed bat handlers are allowed to touch them. And it takes several years and a lot of money to train. Unlicensed people can be prosecuted for handling them.
Kathy Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Most wild animals are more afraid of you than you are of them, and are harmless if you just leave them—-and their babies—-be. With the larger ones, just keep calm, don’t be an idiot, keep your distance if you see one, and you’ll be fine. (TBH, the same can be said of a lot of domesticated animals too.)
Chris DiFonso 4 years ago
Thanks for the post. It's great timing, bats are reviled now even more than usual. Bats are very important for the ecosystem, it's humans that cause problems.
Little Wonder 4 years ago
Bats are not only adorable, they're also important pollinators and seed spreaders. I love them very much.
Emily Ducat 4 years ago
Oh Dear! their heart is in the right place but oh dear. while the fact that the flying fox that eats cherry guavas next to my gate just about gives me a heart attack every time i come home in the dark means I'm less fond of him/her than I am of the little micro bats that live in my roof who I absolutely adore. they are beautiful creatures the i avoid as much as possible because... https://batrescue.org.au/new/about-bats-2/myths-and-facts/abl.html http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/217/14/bats-and-human-health http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/217/10/australian-bat-lyssavirus I get that the point is stop people being afraid of them and raise the positivity of their profile but it seems irresponsible to leave out that you should Never directly handle bats and that the people who do are immunized against the disease that bat might have If you find a sick bat call W.I.R.E.S. :) I do love my bat though... from a distance
Lindy Mac 4 years ago
I'd like to give a shout out to Megabattie. She has a Youtube channel and does amazing rescue work. Please check it out. I am merely a subscriber to her channel.
Marilyn Bojanowski 4 years ago
These are so freaking beautiful!! I hope this page will spread so people won't be scared.
Tasha Tilbrook 4 years ago
Look up megabattie on YouTube if you want to see them being rescued and all cute. I love her channel. Bat's are seriously cute
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I must admit I was a little scared of bats in my youth as they were such alien creatures to me (even though I only ever saw the 'little brown bats' in person). I think that they are some of the most misunderstood and underestimated creatures(in regards of their contribution to nature) on this planet... I think we need to do more to educate people to the value of bats to the various ecosystems and to discourage habitat destruction and consumption of bats as 'exotic food'.
Judi Gibbs 4 years ago
I treasure and appreciate the bat who inhabits a place under my siding, beside the stone chimney every summer. I have few bugs except paper wasps. I don’t know if it’s the same individual or family that have been there since 2001, when I moved in the house.
Mascha Claessens 4 years ago
Lovely! We don't have bats that large here, but I do work (as a volunteer) for a Dutch bird rescue, and we also treat bats. Some species of bats can still carry rabies here, so we have to be careful, but the tiny ones (like the common pipistrelle, the most common bat here) don't. I love feeding them, those tiny tiny eyes and teeth and tongue, so adorable!
jevais 4 years ago
Because of superstitious dating back to the 13th century. All means were used by the church in Europe to scare and control the population. Before the Celtics considered the Bats 🦇 good omens. Same for black cats were considered to be the devil's helpers. I could go on this subject, it's very distress full to think all the harm mankind has/does to the animal kingdom.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 4 years ago
I think people need to know that bats have an incredible ability to suppress inflammation in the body and so carry a lot of viruses. DO NOT HANDLE THEM! Covid 19 most likely started with a bat and moved to another animal and then onto humans. This is incredibly naive and dangerous for anybody to suggest this no matter how cute they are. 377K people dead and people are playing with bats.... STOP IT!
Maddie Painter 4 years ago
This makes me feel bad for all the time I've killed bats in minecraft. Is it just me?
Lara Verne 4 years ago
I saw bats like this only in zoo. Wild bats does not resemble puppies so much. But they look friendly, too :) netoprek-5...15e507.jpg 
Steve Cruz 4 years ago
My niece's Jr. High website had photos of a bat and I asked about them. The bat was found injured on the playground and the animal control officer who picked it up took it to a rescue. A few weeks later, the rescue brought the bat to show its progress. Unfortunately, part of its wing was damaged and it wouldn't be able to fly, so it became a pet for the school. Every few weeks, a rescue worker would bring the bat and the kids got to know her, held a naming contest, brought her live bugs in jars. When we were at the park, my niece spotted a colony of bats flying at sunset and shared everything she learned about their evening trips. She will LOVE this Bored Panda thread.
Irene Walton 4 years ago
I love them,I subscribed to Batzilla on You Tube and you can watch the rescues, they're adorable.
Meyer Weinstock 4 years ago
I wanna move to Queensland and feed fruit to these bats! Anyone hiring? -Dr M
Tina Stalcup 4 years ago
GEEEEEEEEE!!!!! I can't stop screaming at how freaking cute these little flying foof balls are!!!! Gah!!!!!! Cuteness overload! Must spoil each one rotten just because it's impossible not to!
Piet Zwanenburg 4 years ago
Worked as a zookeeper back in the 80's. In the building where the nocturnal animals were housed, there was one single bat, sort of last survivor of a bigger group we used to have. Don't know the exact bat sort anymore, but this guy or girl was pretty big, like a 6 month old kitten big. He recognized us in our work clothing, would fly over and landed on your arm, just to cuddle and see if we had something to eat. Cute as hell, but a lot of visitors where scared to death when they felt him flying over their head to get to us. Real friendly animal.
Eunice Probert 4 years ago
Bats are lovely. We've got pipistrelles in our roof. Probably not a good idea to touch them though. In the UK only licensed bat handlers are allowed to touch them. And it takes several years and a lot of money to train. Unlicensed people can be prosecuted for handling them.
Kathy Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Most wild animals are more afraid of you than you are of them, and are harmless if you just leave them—-and their babies—-be. With the larger ones, just keep calm, don’t be an idiot, keep your distance if you see one, and you’ll be fine. (TBH, the same can be said of a lot of domesticated animals too.)
Chris DiFonso 4 years ago
Thanks for the post. It's great timing, bats are reviled now even more than usual. Bats are very important for the ecosystem, it's humans that cause problems.
Little Wonder 4 years ago
Bats are not only adorable, they're also important pollinators and seed spreaders. I love them very much.
Emily Ducat 4 years ago
Oh Dear! their heart is in the right place but oh dear. while the fact that the flying fox that eats cherry guavas next to my gate just about gives me a heart attack every time i come home in the dark means I'm less fond of him/her than I am of the little micro bats that live in my roof who I absolutely adore. they are beautiful creatures the i avoid as much as possible because... https://batrescue.org.au/new/about-bats-2/myths-and-facts/abl.html http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/217/14/bats-and-human-health http://conditions.health.qld.gov.au/HealthCondition/condition/14/217/10/australian-bat-lyssavirus I get that the point is stop people being afraid of them and raise the positivity of their profile but it seems irresponsible to leave out that you should Never directly handle bats and that the people who do are immunized against the disease that bat might have If you find a sick bat call W.I.R.E.S. :) I do love my bat though... from a distance
Lindy Mac 4 years ago
I'd like to give a shout out to Megabattie. She has a Youtube channel and does amazing rescue work. Please check it out. I am merely a subscriber to her channel.
Marilyn Bojanowski 4 years ago
These are so freaking beautiful!! I hope this page will spread so people won't be scared.
Tasha Tilbrook 4 years ago
Look up megabattie on YouTube if you want to see them being rescued and all cute. I love her channel. Bat's are seriously cute
Oskar vanZandt 4 years ago
I must admit I was a little scared of bats in my youth as they were such alien creatures to me (even though I only ever saw the 'little brown bats' in person). I think that they are some of the most misunderstood and underestimated creatures(in regards of their contribution to nature) on this planet... I think we need to do more to educate people to the value of bats to the various ecosystems and to discourage habitat destruction and consumption of bats as 'exotic food'.
Judi Gibbs 4 years ago
I treasure and appreciate the bat who inhabits a place under my siding, beside the stone chimney every summer. I have few bugs except paper wasps. I don’t know if it’s the same individual or family that have been there since 2001, when I moved in the house.
Mascha Claessens 4 years ago
Lovely! We don't have bats that large here, but I do work (as a volunteer) for a Dutch bird rescue, and we also treat bats. Some species of bats can still carry rabies here, so we have to be careful, but the tiny ones (like the common pipistrelle, the most common bat here) don't. I love feeding them, those tiny tiny eyes and teeth and tongue, so adorable!
jevais 4 years ago
Because of superstitious dating back to the 13th century. All means were used by the church in Europe to scare and control the population. Before the Celtics considered the Bats 🦇 good omens. Same for black cats were considered to be the devil's helpers. I could go on this subject, it's very distress full to think all the harm mankind has/does to the animal kingdom.
Dónal Ó Murchadha 4 years ago
I think people need to know that bats have an incredible ability to suppress inflammation in the body and so carry a lot of viruses. DO NOT HANDLE THEM! Covid 19 most likely started with a bat and moved to another animal and then onto humans. This is incredibly naive and dangerous for anybody to suggest this no matter how cute they are. 377K people dead and people are playing with bats.... STOP IT!
Maddie Painter 4 years ago
This makes me feel bad for all the time I've killed bats in minecraft. Is it just me?
Lara Verne 4 years ago
I saw bats like this only in zoo. Wild bats does not resemble puppies so much. But they look friendly, too :) netoprek-5...15e507.jpg
Steve Cruz 4 years ago
My niece's Jr. High website had photos of a bat and I asked about them. The bat was found injured on the playground and the animal control officer who picked it up took it to a rescue. A few weeks later, the rescue brought the bat to show its progress. Unfortunately, part of its wing was damaged and it wouldn't be able to fly, so it became a pet for the school. Every few weeks, a rescue worker would bring the bat and the kids got to know her, held a naming contest, brought her live bugs in jars. When we were at the park, my niece spotted a colony of bats flying at sunset and shared everything she learned about their evening trips. She will LOVE this Bored Panda thread.
Irene Walton 4 years ago
I love them,I subscribed to Batzilla on You Tube and you can watch the rescues, they're adorable.
Meyer Weinstock 4 years ago
I wanna move to Queensland and feed fruit to these bats! Anyone hiring? -Dr M
Tina Stalcup 4 years ago
GEEEEEEEEE!!!!! I can't stop screaming at how freaking cute these little flying foof balls are!!!! Gah!!!!!! Cuteness overload! Must spoil each one rotten just because it's impossible not to!
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